“Operation Joining Forces” Adopt a Marine and his Family
How you can Get Involved...
You can Adopt a Marine and his family while he is deployed in Afghanistan.
The 5th Marine Regiment Headquarters Company were deployed in August 2011 for a year-long deployment at the tip of the spear in Afghanistan. That’s a long time to be away from family and the comforts of home.
With this in mind, The Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group has created a program called “Operation Joining Forces” where the Citizens of Dana Point and the surrounding communities can adopt a single Marine or a Marine and his family while in Afghanistan.
In this adoptive relationship you can be creative, for example:
- You may send goody boxes and write letters to your Marine while “in-country.”
- At the same time, for those who have a family left behind at Camp Pendleton, you can offer assistance in any way that is needed and determined between you and the family.
- Anything you can think of to bring a bit of home to your adopted Marine while in harms way in Afghanistan, fighting for our freedoms.
As a nation, we owe it to our brave service members and their families more than gratitude... We owe them our support.
In the spirit of service, each of us can play a role and in doing so, we may demonstrate our appreciation for the remarkable sacrifices our American Military families are making for our freedom and safety.
“Operation Joining Forces” will match you up with a Marine and his family. The information you provide here will be given to them. You will receive the same information from the Marine and his family. You may make contact at that time.
Please contact Terry Rifkin, Director of Support and Outreach to register for “Operation Joining Forces.” (949) 412-3475 or email terry@terryrifkin.com.
You may also register your interest by filling out our form below:
